Gmina Białośliwie is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Białośliwie, which lies approximately 28 kilometres (17 mi) east of Piła and 80 km (50 mi) north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of 75.68 square kilometres (29.2 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 4,847.
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Białośliwie [bjawɔˈɕlivjɛ] is a village in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Białośliwie.
The oldest known mention of Białośliwie comes from 1216, when it was part of Piast-ruled Poland.
During the German occupation of Poland, in 1939, dozens of local Polish inhabitants were murdered by the Germans in mass executions carried out in Świerkówiec, Paterek and in the woods on the Noteć river.
The village has a pre-war Catholic church and two historic railway stations: regular and narrow-gauge.
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Dworzakowo [dvɔʐaˈkɔvɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Białośliwie, within Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.
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Dębówko Nowe [dɛmˈbufkɔ ˈnɔvɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Białośliwie, within Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.
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Pobórka Mała [pɔˈburka ˈmawa] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Białośliwie, within Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.
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Pobórka Wielka [pɔˈburka ˈvjɛlka] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Białośliwie, within Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.
During the German occupation of Poland during World War II, some Polish inhabitants of Pobórka Wielka, were murdered by the Germans on the slope of the Góra Wysoka hill in nearby Wysoka in two mass executions on October 21 and November 21.